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US: Jennie-O recalling ground turkey in salmonella outbreak
From Newsmax Jennie-O Turkey recalled ground turkey in a salmonella outbreak, and regulators say additional products from other companies could be named as their investigation continues. The recall was the first — not counting pet food — tied to a…
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Global Wage Report 2018/19: Global wage growth lowest since 2008, while women still earning 20 per cent less than men
GENEVA (ILO News) – Global wage growth in 2017 fell to its lowest rate since 2008, far below levels before the global financial crisis, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report. The Global Wage Report 2018/19 finds that in real…
Investors said to pull $10 billion from hedge funds
From Newsmax Jittery investors reportedly have yanked more than $10 billion from hedge funds so far this year, with the bloodshed expected to continue. And the experts expect more redemptions this quarter due to the mix of poor returns and…
More Guyanese lost their US Visas – revocations now surpass 500
By Andrea Fernandes from Guyana Guardian A larger number of Guyanese who had previously held 10-year US visitor visas have had their US Visa cancelled or revoked over the last 6 months for various reasons, now adding just around 312…
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Rare footage captured of the world’s most endangered rhino
By: Alicia Graef From Care2 A lucky team of conservationists has shared an encounter of a lifetime after capturing rare images and footage of an elusive, and critically endangered, Javan rhino. Javan rhinos were once widespread across India, Bhutan, Bangladesh,…
Texas oil surge threatens OPEC
The map lays out OPEC’s nightmare in graphic form. An infestation of dots, thousands of them, represent oil wells in the Permian basin of West Texas and a slice of New Mexico. In less than a decade, U.S. companies have…
How slaveholders in the Caribbean maintained control
By Dr. Christer Petley / Professor, School of Humanities University of Southampton With its huge sugar plantations and brutal slave regime, this was the jewel in the imperial crown. It is no surprise that the whip is synonymous with New World…
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Teaching STEM through the wonders of larva harvesting
By Brian Heater From TechCrunch There’s hardly enough room to turn around in Livin Farms’ office. Pretty standard, really, in Central, Hong Kong, where space is at a perpetual premium. It’s a small operation for the HAX-backed startup — there’s…
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Millions left behind as diabetes drives surge in insulin demand
From Newsmax A global diabetes epidemic is fuelling record demand for insulin but tens of millions will not get the injections they need unless there is a dramatic improvement in access and affordability, a new study concluded on Wednesday.Diabetes —…
The View From Europe: Changing US-China relations do not bode well for the Caribbean
By David Jessop From Barbados Advocate In just over a week’s time on December 2, COP24, the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference will take place in Katowice in Poland. In the two days before the G20, the grouping of…
